Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Treating evil the barren who beareth not, And to the widow he doth no good,
New American Standard Bible
And does no good for
King James Version
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
Holman Bible
and do not deal kindly with the widow.
International Standard Version
"They prey on the barren woman, and do no favors for widows.
A Conservative Version
He devours the barren who do not bear, and does no good to the widow.
American Standard Version
He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
Amplified
“He preys on the barren (childless) woman
And does no good for the widow.
Bible in Basic English
He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.
Darby Translation
He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:
Julia Smith Translation
He did evil to the barren; she will not bear: andhewill not do good to the widow.
King James 2000
He evil treats the barren that bears not: and does not good to the widow.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[He] feeds on [the] barren, [who] does not have a child, and does no good to [the] widow.
Modern King James verseion
He ill-treats the women who bear no children; and does no good to the widow.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For they maintain the barren, and make them that they cannot bear, and unto widows they do no good.
NET Bible
He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.
New Heart English Bible
He devours the barren who do not bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
The Emphasized Bible
He oppresseth the barren who beareth not, and, to the widow, he doeth not good;
Webster
He oppresseth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
World English Bible
He devours the barren who don't bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
20 Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten on him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness. 21 Treating evil the barren who beareth not, And to the widow he doth no good, 22 And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6-7
and her adversity hath also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Jehovah hath shut up her womb.
Job 22:9
Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
Job 24:3
The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
Job 29:13
The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.
Job 31:16-18
If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,